Kyogle to Casino Railway Act 1908 (NSW)

Act No. 18, 1908.

An Act to sanction the construction of a line of railway from Kyogle to Casino ; to authorise the construction of the said line on public roads ; to amend the Public Works Act, 1900, so far as it relates to the making and main­ taining of fences along the said l ine; to provide for the use of the said line by the Constructing Authority, or by persons autho­ rised by him ; and for other purposes conse­ quent thereon or incidental thereto. [16th

December, 1908.]

declare that it was expedient to carry out a certain work, namely,	WH E R E A S , in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1900, the Legislative Assembly did, by resolution,
the construction of a line of railway from Kyogle to Casino : And whereas, on the passing of the said resolution, a statutory duty was by the said Act imposed on the Secretary for Public Works to introduce
a Bill into the said Assembly to sanction the carrying out of the said
work : B e it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

1. This Act may be cited as the " Kyogle to Casino Railway

Construction, and deposited in the public office of the said Secretary.

Act, 1908 ."

2. The carrying out the said work (more particularly described in the Schedule to this Act) is hereby sanctioned ; and the Secretary

for Public Works, or the member of the Executive Council for the

time being performing the duties of the said Secretary, is hereby authorised to undertake and carry out the said work, subject to the provisions of this Act, and for that purpose shall be, and shall have the powers and duties of. a Constructing Authority within the meaning
of the Public Works Act. 1900.

3. The plan of the said work is the plan marked "Kyogle to Casino Railway," signed by the Secretary for Public "Works, and
countersigned by the Chief Engineer for Railway and Tramway

4. The cost of carrying out the said work, estimated at eighty- seven thousand one hundred and eighteen pounds, shall he defrayed from such Loan Votes as are now or may hereafter he applicable to that purpose, and shall not under any circumstances exceed the estimated cost by more than ten per centum.

5. The said line of railway may be constructed on or along or

by the side of any public road or highway.
6. Notwithstanding the provisions of section eighty-four of the
Public Works Act, 1900, the Constructing Authority shall not be

required or compelled, nor shall it be the duty of the said authority to make or maintain any fence along the said line of railway for the accommodation of any person or for any purpose whatsoever; but the said authority may, in his discretion, make and maintain such fences in connection with the said line of railway as he may think fit.

7. The Constructing Authority and any persons authorised by him may use the said line, or any part thereof, before it is transferred to the Railway Commissioners, and for that purpose may run thereon any carriages or waggons propelled or drawn by any motive power.

SCHEDULE.

THIS line commences by a junction with the existing Grafton to the Tweed Railway, on
the western side of Queensland-road, in the town of Casino, at sixty-six miles sixty-eight
chains seventy-five links from Grafton and about twenty-six chains westerly from Casino Railway Station ; it proceeds in a north westerly direction to sixty-nine miles, where it crosses the main road from Casino to Kyogle, and onwards that direction is maintained
to seventy-three miles; thence the line bears northerly, westerly, and north-westerly for short lengths, to where it leaches the valley in close proximity to the left side of
Richmond River, which it ascends in a generally northerly direction for about six miles
to Kyogle, where the line ends on the western side of Ettrick-street .at eighty-six miles seven chains seventy-five links from Grafton ;—being a total length of nineteen miles
nineteen chains ; and subject to such deviations and modifications as may he considered

desirable by the Constructing Authority.

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